Prayer

Hey folks,

We had an eventful weekend, if you haven't heard already. Friday evening, Emily was heading east of Dallas with some friends for a girls' weekend when they had to stop quickly on the interstate and were rear-ended by a pickup which pushed them into the pickup in front of them. The truck that hit them was estimated to be going about 25 mph. Thankfully the girls were in a bigger Toyota SUV so they weren't crushed, etc. But they did get jostled pretty severely and they all have sore backs and necks.

But with Emily being pregnant there was an added worry, so her parents (who happened to live only about 10 minutes from the accident) took her to the hospital and I started to drive from Fort Worth (over an hour away). She wasn't feeling anything was wrong but we wanted to be cautious. The ER checked her vitals and an x-ray and she was fine and also checked Noah's heartbeat and it was strong. But they wanted to keep monitoring things to make sure, so they sent us up to labor and delivery for the rest of the time. We spent the night there until noon the next day and they watched her and the baby. She was actually contracting only about two minutes apart but they were not strong. That worried us (obviously) so they gave her a bag of fluids to try and calm the uterus. The contractions slowed but they picked up again every time she got up to go the bathroom. But they kept slowing and they didn't have to give her any medications, which was nice. The on-call OB told us that she wished every one of the babies she works with looked like Noah in the womb. So everything was fine, but Emily was still very sore.

She has been laid up for the last few days as her spine hurts and her uterus is sore from the contractions. She went to work on Monday but probably shouldn't have, and has since (until at least Wednesday) stayed home. It all seems to hurt pretty bad and she has to move very slowly. Please pray that her strength will come back and that she will not have to be bed-bound since she wants to have the baby naturally and this will severely set that back. Again, they both are fine, the baby is strong, but there are just some precarious things we have to deal with right now. We want him to be a full-term baby but two months seems like a long time away right now.

Thank you for your prayers and for the incredible encouragement I received throughout the process. The friends involved in the accident, their spouses, and our families were amazing through it all and have truly showed us what the body of Christ looks like in daily life. We love you all.

In Christ we place our hope and our trust.